Paper-bag holder.



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Fa D, WHITE PAEEEB BAG HOLDER,

, ummmroli 11.31) AUG-.16, 1907.

UNrr r) STATES FRANK 1). WHITE, or TALPENA, MICHIGAN.

No. 74,143. i

To all whom; it may concern.

Be it knownthat I, FRANK n-wH-nt,

citizen of the United States, residin at Al-" ppna, in the county of Alpena and ,tate of i struction, neat inappearance, and efficient in operation. 1 For a full understaridin of the invention and the merits thereof an also to acquire a knowledge of thedetailsof construction and themeansf for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accom anying drawings.

Wlll e the inventionmay be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without de parting from the spirit or essential" features thereof, still the preferre'd embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 isa perspective view of a aper bag holder embodying-the invention. ig: 2 is a side view .-thereof,:- partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a detail-perspective view of the upa per inner corner. portion. of the holder.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated mall the viewsof the drawings by the same reference-characters.

' I The rack or holder is constructed chiefly of wire and comprisesfa series of compartments or receptacles of d fferent sizes to-receive paper bags or wrap ers of various-slzes a-ccording ,toethe .goo s tofbe inclosed. The

j that the receptacles or compartments for receiving the paper bags or the like 'occupy'a vertical position. It is to be understood rack or holder may occutpy any desired position, although it is chie y intended to place it'upon the counter,- shelfor like support, so

that the device may be located in anyposition, but since the-vertical position is referred for convenience, the structure wil be described hereinafter with reference to anupright or yert'icala position. ,The holder consists of complemental frames, longitudinal and transverse tie's,-and' connecting l PAPER-BAG HOLDER,

r Specification of Letterslatent. kpplicatibn and August 16.190'ifSe1-ia1No. assess.

'when it is-required to withdraw one I pile. The-distance between the longitudinal and the longitudinal ties 18 indicated. Each frame'ds of U-foi'm and comprises uprights I and longitudinal' inemhere 2, the u rights and longitudinal member of a' frameeingparts of a wire bent-"into the form substantially "as shown. The-lower .ends of the uprights 1 are formed "intojeyes 3 which are bent about at a right angle to rest upon the "countenshelf or other support and .shaped frames are spaced apart and are connected by'long'itudinal and transverse ties so astoform asu'bstantial structure, said ties alsoserving in conjunction with the stays and article supports to rovide the individ- .ual compartments'in w 'ch areplacedthe.

bags or other articles for wra ping merchan- Patented In go- "PATENT OFFICE.

stays and article supp rtsythe several arts being relatively arranged substantialy as i receive fastenings, if needs be, to-secure the ldfl n" the-desired position. Th U.

dise. The uprights 1 ateit er side ofcthe .l

back frame .are connected. by means of longitudinal ties 9, 10 and 1'1. The uprights Ofr.

- holder are connected by means of transverse ties 4, 5,6, 7 and '8. The uprights of the the front frame are connected bythelongitudinal ties 12 and 13: A series'of longitutransverse ties 4. A longitudinal tie 117 con-- nects the transverse ties 5'. A series of 1011- gitudinal .ties 18', 19 and 20connect the trans--v verse ties 6. Longitudinal ties 21 and 22 connect the transverse .ties 7. A longitudi nal tie 23 connects, the transverse ties 8. Y

The article supports consist of wires or rodshaving hooksat their lower ends and g vary in lengths according to their relative position. The largest receptacles or com artments are located at the rear of the ho der, whereas the smallest compartmentsare lo-,

\dinal ties 14, 15 and lfi'connect the :upper r cated at the front'thereof. The article'supports 24are connected at their upper ends to the longitudinal orhorizontal' member 2 of the rear frame and their lower hooked;;end's are supported by the longitudinal tie 23. The lower ends of the, article supports are incline'd, thereby causing the upper ends of a nc-line, withthe resu' t that a portion of one bag rejects higher than the other, thereby fenab ing the bags to beconvenientlygrigasped,

ties 9, wand 11 at the back of the holder 21 and 23 corre sponds to the thickness of mthe the pile of bags" or, wrappers that may be conveniently ileof ba s or wrap ers to correspondingly I ends to the one of the real-compartments or rece tacle's, s-The vertical members 'of the artic e gigppprtsm ass in the rear of' the longitudiq,t1e 9 an -in front of the longitudinal-ties 5 lflil and 1-1- and are braced thereby. The j"" .'lwi dth of the rear compartments is deter-.. mmed by transverse stays 25, 26 and 27 and, by vertical stays 28 and 29. The transverse stays 25 26 and 27. are in the same vertical. lo gplane, The transverse stays 25 are con yineoted attheir rear ends tothe longitudinal member 2 of the rear frame-and atgtheir front ends totthe lo;igitudinal 'tie -I5 .f f? transverse: stays 26 araconnectedatthenf r m; ends to the .verticai': stays 29 andv at? f jtheu, front ends to the longitudinal. -tief;119:

fjlThe" transverse stays 27 connected their/rear ends zto the longitudinal: ti- 10 and at their front ends-t0. the-[longitudinal] ;-2 0 he 21. The, vertical. stays 29 are connectedattheir up er ends tothe longitud aimem-k bet- 2 of t e rear frame and at their lower ends tothe longitudinal'tie 11. The vertical j jzstays28 are connected at their u-p errands-to- 'th'e; longitudinal tie '14-; andatl-zt eir lower] 'tudinal' ti .21; .-:Tl 1e verti- T cal stays 28 an e 29 andtlie transverse'stays 25,26 and27 are'in substantlallythe same transverse'plane'which is arallelwith the] "-80 sides of'the structure or me and which coryresponds to a wall of the rear compartments tor receptacles in which the bags or wrappers are laced. R 1

'- '1- ecompartments or receptacles next in 'front of the rearcompartments are of less length and. are desiglped to receiv'e' shorter.

bags or wrappers. 'he article supports 30 Y are connected at their-upper ends to the lon- 'tudinal tie 14 and at their lower ends to the ongitudinal tie 22 and are braced in the'rear bythe longitudinal ties 18 and 21. The

transverse stays 25 and 26 separate the comartments, of which the article supports 30 'o'rm a part. WVhile the rear compartments and thoseimmediatelg infiont are of the same width, they nevertheless vary in length to accommodate paper sacks or wrappers of the same width, but 'of different lengths. 7 Other article supports 31 are connected at their up er ends to the lon itudinal tie 15 and at t eir lower ends to t e longitudinal tie '20 and are shorter than the article supports 24 and 30. Vertical stays 32 are connected at their up er ends to the longitudi- 5b nal tie 15 and at t ein lower ends to the longitudinal tie 19; Transverse stays 33 and -34 connect longitudinal ties 15 and 16 and the vertical stays 32 and the longitudinal tie I 17,, and separate the compartments of which 60 the article supports 3 form a part. Because of the decreased lengt of the compartments .Of which thearticle su ports 31 form parts, i

the number is increase because the bags or wrappers being, small adnut of a greater ,Yerticalstays 3'6 con-nect'ties 16; with theties 17 and transverse paral'lel one. another, and with the t the vertical andtransv'erse' stays, in addition [ends with the t-longl fi d nalftiesi 16 as their lower ends 'wit the longitudinal tie 13'.

tays 37.coniiect vertical stays 36withthe' ibngitudinal 'tie 1'2. ,Th'e' vertical stays 36 and the transverse stays .37 are in the same'p lanmthe several planes be 175': opposite sides of the rack and separating" the -compartments of which the 'articlesupports 35lform elenrents: A

i e- OId ti uch for a n s i mit'of the paper-sacks being readily removed ,when 1 required for" use, the rack being so made that-when standing on acounter or any j '-other. "l-ace',la, man with one hand full, can, with the'fother hand, takeout anysize-bag Jdesiregl', :without disturbing any of the others. The bags'lare intended to face the front of the 'rack,sothat thereis no lifting tobe done.'- A .man with one 'armfcan take'any-ba he wants and cannot misplaceany ofjthe. ot ers in so 3 doing; 5 The'bags are put in atthetop of the 9Q rack with the'bottom of the baggidownward'y; and with the folded ,bottom'facing the front;

of the rack."- Hence'allthe o erator needs todo. is toreach hand in an get'thebagdesired, and only one bag will come. out} 'at a time, although, manifestly, he cantake them outasfastashelikes'.

1 The hook on the bottom is arranged aslant, which lets the bags slide forwardly as fast as hey' are removed. It will also be noted that '100 to strengthening and bracing the structure, serve to separate the several piles of sacks of. the same size, thereby. reventing displace I -ment of the sacks and olding the-same in 1% compact form. Y Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: 4 A rack or holder of the character specified, comprising complemental frames spaced apart, transverse ties connecting the upright members of said frames at intervals, ongitudinal ties connecting both theltransverse ties and the said upright members, a series" of article su ports having a progressive arrange- 1'1 5 ment an forming compartments varying in length or depth, said compartments being arranged in different planesand one in front of the other, and vertlcal and transverse stays connecting the longitudinal ties to strengthen 1 20 the frame and to form the series of compartments between the said complemental frames so as to retain the articles in the com- 'partments against displacement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature .in presence of "two witnesses. FRANK D. WHITE. [L. 8.1 Witnesses:

W. F. DiamsoN,

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